takes the approach used for the popular Corby / Genio phone and adds WiFi, 3.5G and an improved camera.

which you can easily assemble into a real wallchart with some scissors, glue and a lot of patience.

With the year drawing to a close, it's time to look out our traditional roundup of the best, worst and ugliest mobile phones of the year.

Showing some green credentials are the Sony Ericsson Elm and Hazel "GreenHeart" handsets, which combine environmental friendliness with decent specifications.

is a familiar-looking touchscreen phone that offers something of a bargain for music lovers.

One of the most exciting handsets this year, the Motorola MILESTONE is now available in the UK, either SIM-free or on a T-Mobile contract.

takes the understated 6700 and then covers it in gold. Is this an exercise in creating beauty or vulgarity?

offers great value even though it does have its limitations.

November saw an unusual mix of very high-end smartphones and value for money devices that cater for all levels of customer.

A powerful and clever smartphone, the First ELSE is up against some very tough competition and it comes from a relatively unknown firm.

seems to offer everything that most customer will want in a very attractively designed handset.

is an inexpensive 3.5G slider smartphone with a 5 megapixel camera, available in a variety of somewhat lurid colours.

T-Mobile reveal that potentially millions of customer records have been stolen and sold on by rogue employees. But who is actually financing this growing scandal?

A low cost slider phone with a built-in DVB-H tuner, the Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition offers good value for money, if you can receive DVB-H, that is.

aimed initially at China and Brazil. Will customers be tempted by the Dell name?

Does the world need another mobile phone operating system? Well, Samsung think so and have launched their new Samsung Bada platform.

Nokia issues a recall of hundreds of thousands of AC-3 and AC-4 chargers made this year and sold in North America and Europe.

a very compelling proposition for customers on a tight budget.

This attractive and very cheap slider phone should be in the shops by Christmas, which means that the Nokia 2220 Slide could make an ideal gift.

offer basic functions at a very low price, while still being attractive and usable devices.